Mickey, the pit bull that mauled a 4-year-old Phoenix boy, will spend the rest of his days in the Maricopa County sheriffs no-kill animal shelter following a court hearing Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the Sheriffs Office. Phoenix Municipal Court Judge Deborah Griffith spared Mickeys life last month when she ruled that the dog be defanged, neutered and sent to an animal-rehabilitation facility for the rest of the animals life. Sentenced to life this will be Mickey s new home at the MCSOs MASH Unit. On Tuesday, Griffith ruled that Sheriff Joe Arpaio could take custody of the dog and house him in the MASH Unit, a no-kill shelter the Sheriffs Office operates out of an abandoned Maricopa County jail, according to the agency.